Poison-bottle indicator.



A. E. LONGABAUGH.

POISON BOTTLE INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED Dsc. I2. I9I6.

1,224,393. PaIenIed May I, 1917.

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ANNAI-I E. LONGABAUGI-I, OF METZ, MISSOURI.

:POISON-BOTTLE INDICATOR.

d Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1917.

Application led December 12, 1916. Serial No. 136,481.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ANNAH E. LONGA- BAUGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Metz, in the county of Vernon and Stateof Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inPoison-Bottle Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to poison bottle indicators and it has for itsobject the provision of a caution cap constructed in such manner that itmay be very economically manufactured, will be adapted to fit uponbottles of varying sizes, and, when in position, will effectuallyprevent any person from making a mistake as to the contents of a bottle,the caution cap effectually indicating that the contents of the bottleare dangerous or poisonous.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the caution cap constructed inaccordance with the invention and illustrating the same mounted upon abottle.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the securing springs used in conjunction withthe device, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the pronged element of the caution caphereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of'the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 designates a bottle and 6 theusual stopper thereof. It will be understood that my device may be usedupon bottles that contain poisonous drugs or chemicals or upon bottlescontaining dangerous chemicals such as acids and the like.

My improved caution cap comprises a pair of coiled springs 7 and 8united by links or loops 9 and 10. A strip of sheet metal indicated at11 is provided with upstanding prongs 12 along one of its edges and withoutstanding prongs along its other edge, the purpose of thus arrangingthe prongs being to insure that the hand of a person seeking to removethe stopper 6 will contact with one or the other set of prongs whetherthe hand approaches the stopper in a vertical plane or in a horizontalplane. The lower ends of these strips 11 are pointed as indicated at 14and these strips are provided with projections 15 that are adapted to bebent around the links 9 and 10 after the pointed ends 14 of the strip 11have been passed around said links 9 and 10, it being understood thatthese pointed ends 14 are then bent outwardly as indicated in Fig. 1 tothereby provide additional elements with which the hand of a person maycontact. By providing springs 7 and 8, the structure is renderedself-adjusting to bottles of different sizes and may be readily slippedinto position upon the neck of any bottle of approXimately the sizeforwhich the device is intended. This is important becauseI it renders itunnecessary to specially manufacture either the bottle or the stopper,but renders it possible to use the device upon ordinary stock bottles.Furthermore, these springs efliciently serve to hold the pronged strip11 in guarding position even though the cork 6 be eaten away by an acidor like substance within the bottle 5.

The structure herein shown and described renders it possible to readilyremove the stopper if a person, after having been suiiiciently warned,desires to do so. This is accomplished by merely pushing the prongedstrip 11 to one side until it clears the stopper 6 after which thestopper may be removed.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the presentinvention provides a poison indicator which may be so cheaply made as toadapt it to be given away as an advertising device if such be desired.The sheet metal strip 11 provides a surface upon which the name of thedonor may be stamped.

While the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve thepurpose for which they are intended, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited to the precise construction set forth butincludes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scopeof the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. A device `of thecharacter described comprising a pair of coiled springs having theirends connected by links to provide an annular elastic member adapted toembrace the neck of a bottle and a pronged'metallic strip bent to bowformation and having its opposite ends engaged with said links, saidstrip having upstanding teeth along one of its edges and outstandingteeth along the O-ther of its edges and said strip being provided Withpointed ends which are bent outwardly beneath said links and said striphaving projections bent downwardly over yail links to thereby securesaid strip to the in r.

2. A device of the character described comprising a pair of coiledsprings and a pair of links by Which the ends of said springs areconnected to thereby form an annular elastic member adapted to engagethe neck of a bottle, a sheet metal strip bent to boW formation andhaving upstanding prongs along one of its edges and outstand- 15 ingprongs along the other of its edges and having pointed ends, said stripsbeing passed beneath said links and said ointed ends being bentoutwardly beneath said links and projections carried by said strip Whichare @zo bent into engagement With said links.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature y in presence of two Witnesses.

ANNAH E. LONGABAUGH.

Witnesses:

IRL D. HUDSON, J. A. BAIRD.

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